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Tommy Sheridan Faces Perjury Charges Over News of the World Lawsuit

By Media Law Prof Blog

Former socialist MP Tommy Sheridan and his wife are facing charges that they perjured themselves during a 2006 defamation lawsuit against News of the World. The paper had alleged that Mr. Sheridan had had affairs and participated in orgies. He won two hundred thousand pounds in damages. NOTW appealed, then suspended it pending the government’s perjury investigation.